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Al Gore, Gloria Kasang Bulus, Nana Firman, Ximena Loría and Tim Guinee: Climate change is our reality. Here's how we're taking action

With the Climate Reality Project, Al Gore is helping mold future leaders to build the movement for climate survival and social justice from the ground up. He introduces us to four of the Project's graduates, each of whom confronts climate change on their own terms: Ximena Loría, founder of Misión 2 Grados, an NGO influencing public policy in Cen...
https://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_gloria_kasang_bulus_nana_firman_ximena_loria_and_tim_guinee_climate_change_is_our_reality_here_s_how_we_re_taking_action

Selina Neirok Leem: Climate change isn't a distant threat -- it's our reality

Every year, ocean levels rise and high tides flood the low-lying Marshall Islands in the Pacific, destroying homes, salinating water supplies and disrupting livelihoods. In a stirring poem and talk, youth climate warrior Selina Neirok Leem explains why adaptation using Indigenous solutions is the only choice for people on the front lines of clim...
https://www.ted.com/talks/selina_neirok_leem_climate_change_isn_t_a_distant_threat_it_s_our_reality

Gloria Kasang Bulus | TED Speaker

Gloria Kasang Bulus has dedicated her life to promoting environmental ethics, sustainable use of natural resources and preserving the natural environment for future generations.
Climate activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gloria_kasang_bulus

Al Gore | TED Speaker

Nobel Laureate Al Gore continues to focus the world's attention on the global climate crisis.
Climate advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/al_gore

Olafur Eliasson: Kids are speaking up for the environment. Let's listen

Known for big, attention-grabbing installations -- like his four towering waterfalls in New York's East River -- Olafur Eliasson has scaled down his latest project, Earth Speakr: an art platform for kids designed to spur budding climate activists to lead discussions on nature, conservation, pollution and more.
https://www.ted.com/talks/olafur_eliasson_kids_are_speaking_up_for_the_environment_let_s_listen

Tim Guinee | TED Speaker

Tim Guinee is a passionate advocate for creating a more sustainable world.
Firefighter and climate activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tim_guinee

Ximena Loría | TED Speaker

Ximena Loría works to expose the human cost of environmental problems.
Climate education activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ximena_loria

Anote Tong: My country will be underwater soon -- unless we work together

For the people of Kiribati, climate change isn't something to be debated, denied or legislated against -- it's an everyday reality. The low-lying Pacific island nation may soon be underwater, thanks to rising sea levels. In a personal conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Kiribati President Anote Tong discusses his country's present clim...
https://www.ted.com/talks/anote_tong_my_country_will_be_underwater_soon_unless_we_work_together

Tim Jackson: An economic reality check

As the world faces recession, climate change, inequity and more, Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.
https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_jackson_an_economic_reality_check

Katharine Wilkinson: How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming

If we really want to address climate change, we need to make gender equity a reality, says writer and environmentalist Katharine Wilkinson. As part of Project Drawdown, Wilkinson has helped scour humanity's wisdom for solutions to draw down heat-trapping, climate-changing emissions: obvious things like renewable energy and sustainable diets and ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_wilkinson_how_empowering_women_and_girls_can_help_stop_global_warming

Playlist: Build Back Better - Global Community (6 talks)

Build Back Better features thought leaders and change agents evaluating our pre-pandemic systems and practices in an effort to create a more sustainable, efficient and just world. (Made possible with the support of Project Management Institute)
Curated by TED · 6 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/build_back_better_global_community

Playlist: Countdown Session 3: Transformation (10 talks)

Curated by TED · 10 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/countdown_session_3_transformation

TEDxClimateRealityBritishColumbia: TEDxClimateRealityBritishColumbia 20201114 - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxCountdown event Climate Reality Westcoast British Columbia Canada
Event details: Online, British Columbia, Canada · November 14, 2020
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/40846

Playlist: The TED Interview: Season 3 (8 talks)

Head of TED Chris Anderson speaks with fascinating individuals to dig into some of the most provocative and powerful ideas of our time. (Made possible with the support of Lexus.)
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_ted_interview_season_3

Liam Young: Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future

Get transported on a stunningly rendered, sci-fi safari through Planet City: an imaginary metropolis of 10 billion people, from the brain of director and architect Liam Young. Explore the potential outcomes of an urban space designed to house the entire population of the earth -- and imagine answers to what is possible, and what is sustainable, ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/liam_young_planet_city_a_sci_fi_vision_of_an_astonishing_regenerative_future

Michele Wucker: Why we ignore obvious problems -- and how to act on them

Why do we often neglect big problems, like the financial crisis and climate change, until it's too late? Policy strategist Michele Wucker urges us to replace the myth of the "black swan" -- that rare, unforeseeable, unavoidable catastrophe -- with the reality of the "gray rhino," the preventable danger that we choose to ignore. She shows why pre...
https://www.ted.com/talks/michele_wucker_why_we_ignore_obvious_problems_and_how_to_act_on_them

David Katz | TED Speaker

David is founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank, the world’s only organization to monetize plastic waste and provide an opportunity for the world's disadvantaged to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency.
Plastics alchemist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/david_katz

Playlist: Countdown Session 1: Urgency (117 talks)

Countdown is a global initiative, powered by TED and Future Stewards, to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The goal: to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 towards reaching net zero by 2050. It was launched October 10, 2020 with the Countdown Global Launch, a virtual event featuring five curated se...
Curated by TED · 117 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/countdown_session_1_urgency

Juliet Schor: The case for a 4-day work week

The traditional approach to work needs a redesign, says economist Juliet Schor. She's leading four-day work week trials in countries like the US and Ireland, and the results so far have been overwhelmingly positive: from increased employer and customer satisfaction to revenue growth and lower turnover. Making the case for a four-day, 32-hour wor...
https://www.ted.com/talks/juliet_schor_the_case_for_a_4_day_work_week

David Lammy: Climate justice can't happen without racial justice

Why has there been so little mention of saving Black lives from the climate emergency? For too long, racial justice efforts have been distinguished from climate justice work, says David Lammy, Member of Parliament for Tottenham, England. In a stirring talk about building a new movement to care for the planet, Lammy calls for inclusion and suppor...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_lammy_climate_justice_can_t_happen_without_racial_justice

Rebecca Henderson: To save the climate, we have to reimagine capitalism

"Business is screwed if we don't fix climate change," says economist Rebecca Henderson. In this bold talk, she describes how unchecked capitalism destabilizes the environment and harms human health -- and makes the case for companies to step up and help fix the climate crisis they're causing. Hear what a reimagined capitalism, in which companies...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_henderson_to_save_the_climate_we_have_to_reimagine_capitalism

TEDxTenleytown: TEDxTenleytown 20201010 - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxTenleytown and The AU Chapter of Climate Reality are proud to be livestreaming parts of the TED Countdown discussions as a kickoff to 24 Hours of Reality. Join us to learn more about how you can get involved for the fight for our planet. And tell us you are coming by clicking on our Facebook event link here: https://fb.me/e/1vmmb35Yg Join us...
Event details: Washington, DC, District of Columbia, United States · October 10, 2020
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/40995

Christiana Figueres: The inside story of the Paris climate agreement

What would you do if your job was to save the planet? When Christiana Figueres was tapped by the UN to lead the Paris climate conference (COP 21) in December 2015, she reacted the way many people would: she thought it would be impossible to bring the leaders of 195 countries into agreement on how to slow climate change. Find out how she turned h...
https://www.ted.com/talks/christiana_figueres_the_inside_story_of_the_paris_climate_agreement

Colette Pichon Battle: Climate change will displace millions. Here's how we prepare

Scientists predict climate change will displace more than 180 million people by 2100 -- a crisis of "climate migration" the world isn't ready for, says disaster recovery lawyer and Louisiana native Colette Pichon Battle. In this passionate, lyrical talk, she urges us to radically restructure the economic and social systems that are driving clima...
https://www.ted.com/talks/colette_pichon_battle_climate_change_will_displace_millions_here_s_how_we_prepare

Mary Robinson: Why climate change is a threat to human rights

Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their lives upended -- and their human rights threatened -- by killer storms, starvation and the loss of their own lands. Mary Robinson asks us to join the movement for worldwide climate justice.
https://www.ted.com/talks/mary_robinson_why_climate_change_is_a_threat_to_human_rights

Angel Hsu: Cities are driving climate change. Here's how they can fix it

Cities pump out 70 percent of all global carbon emissions -- which means they also have the greatest opportunity to lower CO2 levels and energy consumption. Climate and data scientist Angel Hsu shares how cities around the world are leading the response to climate change by innovating new, low-carbon ways of living.
https://www.ted.com/talks/angel_hsu_cities_are_driving_climate_change_here_s_how_they_can_fix_it

Katharine Hayhoe: The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it

How do you talk to someone who doesn't believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the same data and facts we've been discussing for years, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. In this inspiring, pragmatic talk, Hayhoe shows how the key to having a real discussion is to connect over shared values like family, community and religion -- and to...
https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_hayhoe_the_most_important_thing_you_can_do_to_fight_climate_change_talk_about_it

Susan Ruffo: The ocean's ingenious climate solutions

The ocean is often thought of as a victim of climate change, in need of human protection. But ocean expert Susan Ruffo says that mindset needs to shift. From storing carbon to providing protection to coastal communities, Ruffo highlights the ocean's ready-made solutions to the climate crisis and asks: With more than eighty percent of the ocean s...
https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_ruffo_the_ocean_s_ingenious_climate_solutions

David MacKay: A reality check on renewables

How much land mass would renewables need to power a nation like the UK? An entire country's worth. In this pragmatic talk, David MacKay tours the basic mathematics that show worrying limitations on our sustainable energy options ... and explains why we should pursue them anyway.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_reality_check_on_renewables

Amina J. Mohammed: A new perspective on the journey to net-zero

Climate action can be a vehicle to deliver dignity, opportunity and equality for all. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed invites us to reimagine what the journey to net-zero could look like if we invest in people's climate efforts while prioritizing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals -- a blueprint of interlinked global goals to pro...
https://www.ted.com/talks/amina_j_mohammed_a_new_perspective_on_the_journey_to_net_zero
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